Two players from the AS Saint-Étienne training center (L1) were excluded following a hazing session last July, we learned from the football club on Friday.
A third youngster was reinstated after a temporary exclusion, said the Saint-Etienne club. The three implicated are minors.
The 3 victims of this hazing, aged 14 and 15, were they “each prescribed a total incapacity for work for one day” after being beaten with sticks by their elders, according to the prosecution. He must decide soon whether or not to prosecute, at the end of the investigation carried out by the research brigade of the gendarmerie of Saint-Étienne.
The exclusion of the two residents of the Robert Herbin training center in L’Etrat (Loire) was decided at the end of an internal investigation carried out by the club, after an interview and a summons from the parents.
The club had mentioned this summer “unacceptable facts committed by three young people from Ile-de-France”.
Fourth best training center according to the latest ranking of the French Football Federation, the club cannot tolerate inappropriate acts and contrary to the values inscribed in its sports project of excellence.
The improvised hazing occurred on the evening of July 24, shortly after the final of the Coupe de France lost by ASSE (0-1) against PSG.
The young people returned to their rooms after having followed the broadcast of the match on television with all their comrades.
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